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Svarthandeln för engångsmodeller blomstrar i förbudets Danmark

Danmarks regeringar har i några år gått hårt åt vejpandet. Ett tidigare förbud mot smaksatta e-juicer utökades nyss med att det blivit olagligt att både importera och att sälja engångsvejpar i större...

Snus Rebellion: "Don't let EU bureaucrats ban white snus"

With a powerful message to Swedish snus users, Snusupproret has quickly gained thousands of followers on Facebook. The aim is to put the issue of nicotine pouches and traditional snus on the map ahead of the European elections.

KD ahead of EU elections: "Reduce the harm of smoking in the EU"

Strong measures to protect children and young people from nicotine. But clear rules to reduce the harmful effects of smoking in the EU. The Christian Democrats want neither a ban on nicotine pouches nor restrictions on the...

(S) Ahead of the EU elections: "Banning white snus is the wrong way to go"

The issue of white snus should not be an EU issue, but should be regulated at national level. This is the view of the Social Democrats ahead of the European Parliament elections. At the same time, they do not want white snus to be...

Left Party: "The EU should not regulate white snus - we do it best ourselves"

"The EU should not regulate white snus, it should be done locally." That's what Jonas Sjöstedt, leader of the Left Party, told Vejpkollen ahead of the European Parliament elections. At the same time, the party opens for flavor restrictions in nicotine pouches.

Folklistan: "EU Parliament elections will decide the fate of white snus"

The elections to the European Parliament will be a fateful election for white snus. That's the view of Johan Nissinen, a former Sweden Democrat who is now running for the European Parliament via the People's List. "There is an imminent risk that it will be...

Ahead of the EU elections: "Moderates will fight for white snus in the EU"

The future of nicotine pouches will be an election issue for the Moderates in the upcoming European Parliament elections. Top candidate Tomas Tobé announced this at a press conference.

EU elections: "The government doesn't understand how important the nicotine issue really is"

The issue of nicotine and harm reduction could become an important election issue in the upcoming European Parliament elections. This is according to Tobias Andersson (SD), chair of the Committee on Nutrition. "But I don't feel that the issue has such dignity...

Not an uncommon sight - shops are fronting with e-cigs - and now cigarette sales are declining in favor of e-cigs. snus and nicotine pouches.

Two EU countries move closer to banning disposable vejps

Belgium gets permission from the EU to ban single-use weapons. France is now expected to follow suit. The ban will prevent young people from vejpa, but is also likely to affect many adults trying to quit smoking.

Health minister sets tone for harm reduction ahead of new EU rules

Health Minister Jakob Forssmed now joins the debate on nicotine pouches and harm reduction. "I want to emphasize that compared to snus, cigarettes and smoking tobacco pose a relatively greater health risk"

Ireland skips tax hike on e-juice

A planned new tax that would make life a little more sour for 1TP8 smokers has now been scuppered in Ireland. Authorities fear it would reduce the number of smokers who quit.

Government: "Worrying for trade freedom when countries ban nicotine pouches"

The Government is concerned that free movement is adversely affected when individual Member States introduce total bans on nicotine pouches. This is what Minister for Development Cooperation and Trade Johan Forssell (m) writes regarding the recent debate on nicotine pouches...